Overview

• Officers responded just after midnight to a 911 call from the man’s mother on Rushmore Avenue in Carle Place, police said.
• Authorities said 33-year-old James Rosano pointed what appeared to be a shotgun at officers, ignored commands to drop it, and was shot once in the chest by one officer before being pronounced dead at a hospital.
• The weapon was later identified as a BB gun that officials said closely resembled a real shotgun, and police displayed a photo of it at a press conference.
• Police said Rosano told his mother before going outside that he expected to be killed by police.
• Authorities cited prior arrests and described earlier domestic calls to the home, and said his mother reported intoxication, drug use, and a history of depression.